5:32 AM,
Jan. 19, 2014

Lt. Gov. and Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey hopes to have General Assembly members home by the second week in April.

Written by

Chas Sisk
csisk@tennessean.com

Most Tennesseans might not be thinking about this fall's elections, but state lawmakers clearly are.

The 108th General Assembly got off to a fast start in what is expected to be a quick second session. With lawmakers barred from raising money until the legislature adjourns, Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, the leader of the state Senate, says he hopes to have members home for good by the second week in April. The early signs indicate he'll get his way.

Gov. Bill Haslam showed last week that he's caught on. The moderate Republican has been caught flat-footed early in previous legislative sessions, but he was ...